Apple iPhone X game Rainbrow lets you play using your eyebrows

A bizarre new mobile game for Apple’s flagship iPhone X is literally raising eyebrows, by requiring players to use their face as the controller.

Rainbrow - developed by Washington University graduate Nathan Gitter - allows players to direct an emoji up the screen simply by raising their brows, reports Mac Rumors.

Frowning moves the emoji downwards, the website says, while maintaining a neutral expression makes it stay still. The aim is to move the emoji up and down to collect as many stars as possible, without colliding with any obstacles.

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The game, released on Friday, is currently single-player only, although Gitter told the site that he may integrate Apple’s Game Centre in order to allow for multiplayer options such as a global scoreboard.

Rainbrow is similar in concept to the Frogger from the early 1980s, says Engadget, although the new game replaces the arcade hit’s highway backdrop with “what looks like a Pride flag”.

The game is available exclusively for the £999 iPhone X, which is the only smartphone in Apple’s range that boasts facial recognition technology, the website adds.

Speaking to Mac Rumors, Gitter said he expects more apps to integrate the iPhone X’s facial scanning features, especially to “improve accessibility”.

Rainbrow can be downloaded exclusively for the iPhone X from Apple’s App Store for free.